Posts in Category ‘Short Stories’

It started off with an itch. Timon was waiting for the train when he felt it under his thigh. Despite repeatedly scratching it, the itch kept coming back. He was on the train when it had spread to his buttocks and thighs. By night, it became …

I was playing a game of charades with my friends when it came to my turn. I held the card up close and read the word in my mind. “Funny” Now.. how am I supposed to act out funny? As I wondered, I stood up and …

“You cannot question everything. Some things are better left not questioned,” the teacher said to the student. It was the usual Saturday morning Hindu class where Murugan is usually sent to when his parents take the class as an opportunity and excuse to leave the seven-year-old …

“The 320 Hz frequency, Hindus call it Om and some Pranava, majority call it God, few refer to it as the Source, the ancients call it the Great Spirit. It is the default frequency inherent in every form, shape, colour, size, and energy in the Cosmos, …

“Cosmos?” Cosmos’ teacher asked, frowning awkwardly. It was the first day of school and teachers conducted the standard-operating procedure of calling out students’ names to remember them – or atleast try for some. Seven-year-old Cosmos looks up from his desk amid a backdrop of his classmates …

With his camera bag slung over his left shoulder, Sudir Awang positioned the three children met at a residential area in Kepong to take a photo while pretending to watch the Prime Minister tabling the year’s budget. Since the ruling party has a stake in The …

“Hey, you heard the news ah?” Rafidah, the senior features reporter for The Malaysian Tribune said as she walked casually over to Gayathri’s desk. “What news?” Gayathri looked up from her computer and remarked sarcastically, “I get all kinds of news and write them too. Which …

Maria De Souza, the 25-year-old only female but gutsy crime reporter for The Malaysian Tribune, was about to pack her bags and head out of the office at sharp 5pm when the crime-desk editor, Mr Samuel Hernandez, called out to her. “Not so fast, Maria,” he …